Improved wihdow-blind fastener



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Letters Patent No. 67,015, dated July 23, 1867` IMPROVED WIN DOW-BLINDPASTENER.

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To ALL WHoM IT MAY ooNoERN:

Be it-known thatI, JACKSON R. BAKR, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a. new andimprovedvWindow-Blind Fastener; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings', forming a parl: of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents a portion of awindow-casing and blind to which my improved fasteningr has beenattached.

Figure is a. side view of thesame, part of the lower hinge being brokenaway.

Sir'nilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved fastening, by theuse of which the blind will be held securely when open, and which can beoperated to close the blind without its being necessary to' reach so furout of the Window as is the case when the ordinary fastening is used;and it consists in the combination of the catch-spring and support witheach other and with the strap of the hinge, and in the manner ofsecuring the support'to-the casing.

Areprescnt-s 'the windowfcasing, and B represents a blind or shiutter,about the construction of which parts there i's nothing new. C is thecatch, upon the upper end of 4whichis formed a hook or catch to takehold of the edge of the strap D of. the hinge, and the lower end ofwhich may be made heavy to assist the spring in moving it4 forward totake hold of the said strap D. The catch C is pivoted to the strap E orsome other suitable support, and muy be arranged to take hold of theupper or lower edge of the hinge-strap D, or of an umn attached to theblind B. F is a. spring, one end of which is secured to the support E,and its other end rests aga-inst the rear side of the catch C to hold itforward in position to take hold of the strap D of the hinge when theblind B is pushed back. The strap or support E passes down to thecasing; it is then bent at right angles, passes beneath thc plate G ofthe hinge, and isagain bent at right angles to poss around the corner.of the casing A, as shown in-igs. 1 and 2. Upon the end of the strap Ealle formed one or more claws, as shown in dotted `lines in iig. 1,which said cla-w or claws are forced-into the casing, and which,together with the said straps passing beneath the hinge-plate G, holdthesaid support securely in place without its being necessary to secure iit withscrews, nails, or in any other wny. -If desired this same devicemay be attachedto the side or sill of the casing to fasten the blindclosed,

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the fastening C F E with the strap D of the hinge andplate G, substantially as herein shown und described for the purposespecified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 3d day ofApril, 1867.

JACKSON R. BAKER.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA, JAMES T. GRAHAM.

